patio outdoor halogen heaters
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jamiehodges1
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patio outdoor halogen heaters

by jamiehodges1 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:38 am

I want to know if I run two outdoor halogen heaters 1300w or 1500w off an isolation switch which is 13A will I be overloading the circuit if it has a 500w light on it aswell.............The 500w light is fitted already but I want to put two heaters up aswell...

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by ericmark » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:43 am

It would be overloaded and also Part L would likely not permit it and it would also come under Part P and I would not fancy your chances of a building inspector approving the work.
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over loading

by jamiehodges1 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:09 pm

so if i just run one halogen heater off the light switch which is 13A fused which has the 500w light it should be ok as long as the heater is below 2500w.........if i need another heater I would need to run it off a plug with a long cable

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by ericmark » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:10 pm

yes just simple maths

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